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Morality and the Environmental Crisis

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and SocietyPublication details: New York Cambridge University Press 2019Description: 240pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781316506127
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • N40.6 23 G715
Contents:
Environmental crisis and moral life -- Why does nature matter? Paths to an environmental ethic -- The spirit of ecological democracy -- Can we talk? Understanding the "other side" in the animal rights debates -- Where do we draw the line? Limits and virtues -- Guilt and responsibility -- Changing the world : a moral primer on environmental political activism -- Dilemmas of reason -- Despair -- Futures.
Summary: "What is the right thing to do? Answers might come in the form of responses to particular ethical controversies - abortion, capital punishment, what to do about world hunger. Or they might focus on whether ethical judgements are rooted in universal principles; compassionate interpersonal connection; attempts to create the most happiness and least suffering; obedience to God; or the pursuit of spiritual enlightenment"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.

Environmental crisis and moral life -- Why does nature matter? Paths to an environmental ethic -- The spirit of ecological democracy -- Can we talk? Understanding the "other side" in the animal rights debates -- Where do we draw the line? Limits and virtues -- Guilt and responsibility -- Changing the world : a moral primer on environmental political activism -- Dilemmas of reason -- Despair -- Futures.

"What is the right thing to do? Answers might come in the form of responses to particular ethical controversies - abortion, capital punishment, what to do about world hunger. Or they might focus on whether ethical judgements are rooted in universal principles; compassionate interpersonal connection; attempts to create the most happiness and least suffering; obedience to God; or the pursuit of spiritual enlightenment"-- Provided by publisher.

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